Sires Report

June 2019

Sires Report

Ladys-Manor Shamrock: No Longer Bookem’s Little Brother

During the past decade, a lot has been said and written about the stature of Holsteins. The trend towards less tall Holsteins is now probably truly being pursued, partly because...

June 2019

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - Maestro & Spinoff & Tampa

America’s nr.1 Einstein, Homeground, Mixology and Maestro in Canada; these four young Semex bulls debuted in the absolute top during the April release. Brian Carscadden, sire analyst for Semex: ‘Maestro,...

June 2019

Sires Report

Focus on.. Polled Talents

The dam is an early daughter of the Balisto son Brasil and the granddam is a productive Snowfever daughter with Laron-P, Canvas and Lightning in her sire stack. On the...

May 2019

Sires Report

Jedi: The Daughter Proven Story

Jedi has been one of the most extensively used sires of sons of the genomic era establishing his position as a major impact sire of the breed. However, now with...

May 2019

Sires Report

BullTalk - May 2019

What a perfectly chosen name! His DNA index of 2010 (2098 gTPI) is virtually exactly the same as his progeny proven index today: 2060 TPI. And now based on 16,698...

May 2019

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - Rowdy & Balisto & Bardo

‘Rowdy is an exceptional production bull transmitting extreme milk and yet still with good components,’ comments Ryan Starkenburg from ABS. ‘Along with the extreme production he still does well on...

May 2019

Sires Report

Focus on... Climbers

No other evaluation period of the year routinely serves as many changes as the April evaluations. In addition to the base changes, tweaks to the evaluation formulas are another big...

April 2019

Sires Report

Focus on... Popular

The dam No-Pe Yoder Elena is a granddaughter to Morningview Super Ellie EX-90, whose dam of course is Shottle Madilyn EX-94. With that the pedigree meets some high international standards....

April 2019

Sires Report

Intriguing Sires - Mayflower & Ilvolo & Baldur

Mayflower is a high-production Snowman son, now with +2591 of milk, -.14% fat and +.00% protein along with 0.93 type. His dam, Roylane Socra Mira EX-91, is the full sister...

April 2019

Sires Report

BullTalk - April 2019

He is the highest available type transmitter of France: no less than +4.7! Plus… in the area of fitness, he is nearly faultless. Add to that his slightly positive figures...

March 2019

Sires Report

BullTalk - March 2019

‘When you put too much focus on the top lists, quite a number of valuable bulls end up being missed.’ HI wrote this in August 2015 and used Richmond-FD Bombero...

March 2019

Sires Report

Seagull-Bay Supersire: Milk Transmitter Par Excellence, Making True on All Promises

In December 2012, he was America’s nr.1 DNA tested sire with 2530 gTPI. Six years later, in December 2018, he scores 2518 TPI based on 33,087 daughters. A dream score,...